It seems that Young Justice is really kicking into high gear this season by including the league more and showing off a bunch of new members and new villains.

It's a shame the toyline was cancelled already, seems a little premature to me. But with the cartoon still on and getting better and better, is there any reason they can't re-envision the line and try again?I know Mattel likes to say that animated properties don't sell, but I don't think that's totally the case. Yes, JLU is over, and it's run its course. But Young Justice? A lot of us were looking forward to this line, and a lot of us were unhappy with the execution. I won't get into the minor details, they've been debated in numerous threads. But I look at the characters released, and the characters on the show, and I keep thinking, I want them. I just don't want them in that Young Justice execution. Maybe with the cartoon still in the early stages they'll reconsider. The cartoon is a hit, the figures were a miss. Not because there isn't a market for animated figures, but because they turned out figures that just weren't palatable.

_________________JLU Forever! And is MOTUC EVER getting around to Ram Man?

Sorry, Jayson, but if they aren't going to be in "Young Justice style", then what is the point? Adding to the JLU collection?

No, that's not what I mean. The Young Justice cartoon style is fine, but the Young Justice figure style that they released didn't cut it. I'm not saying to add to my JLU collection, though that's what I would do. I don't think the YJ figures that were released were all that great. They had some of the YJ look, but they were too thin and the poses were too off. I think they could have done a much better job. They can do a better figure and still make it true to the cartoon. The problem wasn't with the concept or cartoon styling, but the execution of turning them into plastic.

_________________JLU Forever! And is MOTUC EVER getting around to Ram Man?

No, that's not what I mean. The Young Justice cartoon style is fine, but the Young Justice figure style that they released didn't cut it. I'm not saying to add to my JLU collection, though that's what I would do. I don't think the YJ figures that were released were all that great. They had some of the YJ look, but they were too thin and the poses were too off. I think they could have done a much better job. They can do a better figure and still make it true to the cartoon. The problem wasn't with the concept or cartoon styling, but the execution of turning them into plastic.

I have and love the entire YJ line, and I still agree with everything you said. Well, except for the JLU part.

No, that's not what I mean. The Young Justice cartoon style is fine, but the Young Justice figure style that they released didn't cut it.

The problem with this hobby is that people act as if JLU and Young Justice are mortal enemies. They cannot entertain the idea of a mixed retail line; equal parts GL:TAS/JLU and equal parts Young Justice. And now, because of this narrow mindedness of peolple thinking that the proplem lies with the property and not the execution; there is no Young Justice and there is no JLU. Reminds me of what Henry Ford said: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black."

Anyways, as far as style; I know exactly what you are saying. You want YJ in their original, neutral pose.

When I find the guy who said "Lets make everyone look like they are holding phantom dumbells" I'm gonna smack him. Seriously. I will smack him. Like in the old days. Walk up. Smack. "Good Day sir.... I SAID GOOD DAY!"

Thanks for the prototype pictures. I've been complaining about those arms from the beginning, and sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who thinks they're a problem. I can't believe Mattel ever showed them to kids. My daughter won't touch them because they "can't fly like that."